Sound device



Patented Apr. 24, 1928. v

UNITED STATES H 1,667,094 PATE T: OFFICE- LOUIS ARONSONNF NEWARK, NEW I B NOR TO VOICES inconroxwrnn, A CORPORATION 01"- DELAWARE; I l

1 V SOUND DEVICE.

I liqation area February 7. 1924.- Serial No. 91.1053.

My invention relates to improvements in will more clearly appear from the detaildescription given below taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is 'a section through a device embodying my improvements in a preferred form and showing the bellows member therein collapsed. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the beilows'memher in the device distended. I transverse'section taken on the line 3-'3of Fi .1.

Referring vto the drawings, 4 represents a cylinder container made ofthick cardboard or any other suitablematerial. Securedito one endof the cylinder by a circular flange 5 is acap, member 6 which covers theend of the cylinderexcept. for perforations 7 therein. Slidahle axially withinthe cylinder l is a sound chamber comprising-acir cular inverted cup shaped member or cap 8, preferably of sheet metal. The lower. Si.C le

of the cup shaped member is closed by a- .relatively thick heavy dished member 9,-the periphery of which tightly fits within'the mouth of the cup shaped member so that it is rigid therewith. The metallic nember 9 is provided with a deep circular groove on its lower side as viewed inFigQ 1 and a depression encircled by said groove on the other side. Wedgedinto the outer dished stantially closing the "opening 23.

however, the opening 23 comes opposite the groove 22 on the knob the reed will audibly speak, the sound coming out through the portion of the member?) is disc member 10.

Between" the periphery of the' disc 10 and,

the inside surface. of .the downwardly extendingflange at the outer edgeof the memher 9, is peripherally secured at 12, the upper end of a tubularbellows member .11,-

made of rubberized cloth or other suitable material. Theotherendof the tubular bellows member is peripheral-1y secured to the lower end of the cylinder 4 at 13 bybeing swedged thereagainstby the peripheral flange 14 ona sheet metalflcap ,inember 15 1 whi h closes h Jew end" of th e ites i Fig. 3 isa' the'member 9. The circularso'und chamber,

lapses thus causing the air therein to" be Extending an aperture through the memher 9 and lying within/the deep'circul'ar groove in the member 9*is a reed ,pipe lfi prov ded with'asound reed at 16. Themcm ber 10 is cut away an to accommodate the lower end of the reed pipe and reed. The member 1 0xis also'cut away jatlS' .to accommodate the downwardly projecting portion l9 accommodating the aforesaid depression 111 thememberQJ Secured to, thefc'ap one by na ls or screws is a cylindrical'knob or controlmember 21, preferably made of Wood and providedwith a peri heral' circular groove at'22. Withthe 'bel ows member distended and the partsas shown in'Fig. '2, p

the knob 21 extends througha circular ap er'ture 23; in thetop of the sound chamber 8, and the'endof the knob is'seated on downwardly projecting se'atjl.) forming the bottom-of said depression in the member 9.

In operat on, with the parts .as shown in Fig.1 2, the sound chamber comprising the parts .8, "9'and 10.,will fallkby "gravity due to theweig'ht offlthe parts. and particularly of therefore, slides axially of cylinder 4. The

circular periphery or the sound chamber member 8 lies, closely 'adjacent'the inside circular wall of the eylinderfl so that the sound chamber slides on and is guided solely by the inside wall of the cylinder on its-movement back and forth in the'cylinder. WVhen the soundchamberthus'falls under the action of gravity the bellows member 11 col;

forced out through the reed pipe causing the reed to speak and produce the sound thereof in the sound chamber within the cup-shaped, member 8. During the first part of themovement no sound is audible due to the fact that the sound chamber is substantially closed to the outside, the knob 21 subhen,

opening'23 around the,;groove"22. Upon further downward movement'of the sound further downward movement of the sound chamber as viewed in 2, the knob will I be entirely removed from-the, opening 23 thereby 7 again rendering audible the "sound.

from the reed pipe. The last movement is relatively long as compared with first sounding movement whereby the device is caused to utter two sounds like manna or papa, the latter syllable of which is of longer duration than the first. The parts finally assume the position shown in Fig. 1. Upon turning the device upside down gravity will cause the sound chamber to return to the opposite end of the cylinder so that the parts will assume the position shown in Fig. 2. The device is then ready for a second similar operation. VVhenplaced in a doll the movements are caused by reversing the position of the doll in a manner well understood by those skilled in the art.

While I have described my improvements inv great detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, I do not desire to be limited tosuch details or form since many changes may be made and the invention embodied in widely different forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broader aspects. Hence I desire to'cover all modifications and forms coming within the language or scope of any one or more of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A sound device having in combination a cylinder, a sound chamber mounted to slide axially of the cylinder therein, the periphery of said sound chamber lying closely adjacent the inside wall of the cylinder whereby the sound chamber is guided in its movement by the inside wall of the cylinder, means closing one end of thecylinder, a tubular bellows member having one end therei of connected to the closed end of the cylinder, and theother end connected to the sound chamber, a sound reed operatively connected with the sound chamber whereby upon movement of-the sound chamber said reed is caused to speak, and valve 11 cans cooperating with an aperture in said sound chamber to interrupt the sound produced therefrom during movement of the said chamber 'in the cylinder, ,said'valve means comprising afgroo-ved ltnob secured to the other end of the cylinder and adapted to enter said aperture. v

2. A sound device having a compressible air chamber witha movable weighty head acting to compress said chamber by gravity,

1 said head comprisinga member having a deep circular groove on one side and a depression on the other side encircled by said groove,- said member having an aperture therethrough at said groove, a reed pipe sit uatedwithin said groove and cooperating with said aperture and a cap member sorured to said member and forming therewith a sound. chamber on one side thereof into awhich the sound from the reed is adapted to issue.

3. A sound device having a compressible air chamber with a movable weighty head acting to compress said chamberby gravity, said head comprising a member having a deep circular groove on one side and ade-.

cured to said member and formingtherewith a sound chamber on one side thereof into which the sound from the reed is adapted to issue, said cap member having an openinginto the sound chamber, and a control member adapted to slide in and out of said opening to control the issuance of sound therefrom, said first mentioned member'being imperforate to said control member.

(l. A sound device having in combination a container closed at one end, a sound chamber slidable back and forth in the container, a bellows member one end of which is secured to the closed end of the container and the other end of which is secured to the movable sound chamber to form a bellows to be collapsed and distended by movement of the sound chamber in the'container, a sounding means operatively associated with said sound chamber to produce soundtherein upon operation of the'bell'ows by'movement of the sound chamber, and a control member secured to the opposite end of the container and adapted to slide in and out ofan opening in the side of the sound chamber oppositethe closed end of the container, the bellows side of'the sound chamber being 'imperforate 'to said control member.

5. A sound device having in combination a container closed at one end, asound chamber slidable back and forth in the container, :1. bellows member one end of which issecur ed to the closed end of the container and the other end of which is secured to the movable sound chamber to form bellows to be collapsed and distended-by movement of the sound chamber in the container, a sounding means operatively associated with said sound chamber to produce sound therein upon operation of the bellows by-movement of the sound chamber, and a control member secured to the opposite end of the container and a'dapted'to slide in and out of 'an opening in the side of the sound chamber opposite the closed end of the container, the bellows side of the sound chamber being imperforate to said control member,- and said control "member being adapted to interrupt the sound from the sound chamber as itslides throughs'aid opening in. the side of the sound chamber.

6. A sound devicehaving in combinatio a container closed at one end, a sound chamber slidable back and forth in the container,

a bellows member one end of whichis secured to the closed end of the container and the other end of which is secured to the movable sound chamber to form a bellows to be collapsed and distended by movement of the sound chamber in the container, a sounding means operatively associated with said sound chamber to produce sound therein upon operation of the bellows by movement of the air chamber with a movable weighty head acting to compress said chamber by gravity, said head comprising a formed member having a deep circular groove on one side and a depression on the other side encircled by said member secured to said formed member on the side of the depression forming therewith a sound chamber, the,

formed member havingan aperture there'- through serving as an air passage between the interior of the air chamber and the sound chamber, a reed associated with the aperture and adapted to be sounded by the current of air through the aperture during the movement of the weighty head.

8. A sound device comprising a tubular container closed at one end, a sound chamber slidable'back and forth in the container, sounding means operatively associated with the sound chamber to' produce sound there in, said sound chamber having an opening in a 7 one side thereof, and a control member secured with respect to the opposite end of the container and adapted to slide in and out of said opening, the opposite side of the sound chamber being imperforate to said control member. I

9. A sound device comprising a tubular container closed at one end andha-ving a perforated closureattheopposite end, a sound chamber 'slidable back and forth .in thecontainer, sounding means operatively associated with the sound chamber to produce sound 7 therein, said sound cha-mber having an opening in one side thereof, and a control mem ber secured to the perforated end closure of the container and adapted to slide in and out of said opening, the opposite side of thesound chamber-being imperforate to said control member. a

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LOUIS V. A RONSON. 

